Jun 08 The Morning Line: Obama to Renew Focus on Jobs By Tom LeGro President Obama repeated his oft-used line Tuesday about how when he wakes up in the morning his first thought is about how to get more Americans back to work. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Political Checklist: Troubled Economy a Problem for Obama The NewsHour politics team discuss how the economy affects Mr. Obama's job approval. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 'Utterly Disappointing' May Jobs Report: Why Aren't Businesses Hiring? The U.S. unemployment report for May showed a sharp slowdown in hiring and a small increase in the unemployment rate. Judy Woodruff discusses the new jobs numbers and what they mean for the struggling American economic recovery with Lisa Lynch… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Discouraging' Jobs Report, Debt Debate, Romney vs. Palin Shields and Brooks on Jobless Rate Woes, Romney vs. Palin… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch U.S. Economic Recovery Stumbles, Reviving Debate on Way Forward Economic Recovery Stumbles, Reviving Debate on Way Forward… Continue watching
May 18 Watch The Great Stagnation: Why Hasn't Recent Technology Created More Jobs? As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman reports on why more good jobs haven't been created in recent years. Can new technological innovations create widespread job growth as past generations have seen?… Continue watching
May 06 Watch As Job Growth Continues, Focus Turns to Speed of U.S. Recovery The April jobs report showed healthy gains Friday, but also a rise in the unemployment rate. U.S. markets rose sharply in early trading, but surrendered most of their gains later in the day. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at… Continue watching
May 06 Dueling April Jobs Numbers Cloud Some Good News for Economy Once again, the monthly unemployment data give occasion for those who have hair to lose more of it. The Household Survey, from which the much-trumpeted "Unemployment number" comes, brings us a rise in official unemployment to 9 percent, due to… Continue reading
May 06 Dueling April Jobs Numbers Cloud Some Good News for Economy By Paul Solman Once again, the monthly unemployment data give occasion for those who have hair to lose more of it. The Household Survey, from which the much-trumpeted "Unemployment number" comes, brings us a rise in official unemployment to 9 percent, due to… Continue reading
May 05 Watch In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also… Continue watching